Teaching GnuPG to noobs

[Brian Minton]

I've never heard of a spring lock, but I looked it up. It is a lock that
anyone can momentarily be unlocked by a key, but when it is not being held
open, shuts and locks itself.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 5:00 PM Charles Spitzer <cspitzer at godaddy.com> wrote:

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>
> Regards,
> Charlie
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gnupg-users [mailto:gnupg-users-bounces at gnupg.org] On Behalf Of
> > Robert J. Hansen
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:15 AM
> > To: A.T. Leibson; gnupg-users at gnupg.org
> > Subject: Re: Teaching GnuPG to noobs
> >
> > > What has your experience been teaching inexperienced users how to
> > > use GnuPG properly?
>
> ..snip..
> > It's absurd.  Who in the class has ever seen a lock with two keys, one
> > that locks it and one that unlocks?  The metaphor's ridiculous: the
> > locks the students are familiar with require *no* keys to lock and
> > only one key to unlock
>
> ..snip..
>
> There are locks in common use that require a key on both sides, and need a
> single key to lock and unlock. They can also be changed such that the
> inside and outside keys are different.
>
> For example:
>
> http://www.sears.com/schlage-b62n625-deadbolt-keyed-2-sides-bright-chrome/p-SPM7705846522?prdNo=11&blockNo=11&blockType=G11
>
> However, your analogy of a lock and unlock key for the same lock still
> holds. I'm not sure I've ever heard about one of those.
>
> Regards,
> Charlie
>
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